wellness
CHILLOSOPHY
We are here to bring you soul-driven, judgement-free, find-more-contentment-in-your-daily-life yoga & pilates. These practices are all about connecting with yourself and how this reflects in the world around you. We are here to guide you on a journey of discovery through movement, meditation, & mindfulness. It's an incredible adventure, friends!
About Us
Emilie Chatelain
CHILLOSOPHY Co-Owner & teacher
Emilie is an intuitive yoga, barre, and pilates teacher. Her classes are created from the heart and designed to help students feel a deeper connection and harmony in body, mind, and soul. Emilie’s classes are fun, empowering, soulful, and supportive. Emilie is also an akashic records reader, reiki teacher + practitioner, and soundbath healer.
When you don’t find her at the studio, you can find her at the barn riding horses, in the garden, or out hiking nearby.
Tavia Melhus
CHILLOSOPHY Co-Owner & teacher
Tavia is a Pilates & Barre teacher, CNS nutrition candidate and co-owner of the studio. She specializes in supporting people with special conditions, chronic health challenges and a variety of ability through thoughtful., accessible movement.
Her passion for Pilates and yoga is personal, after facing her own complex health challenges, she found that mindful movement became an essential part of improving her quality of life, building strength and navigating difficult seasons. With a background in teaching and nonprofit work, and formal training in both contemporary and classical Pilates, she brings a unique blend of education, compassion and lived experience to her classes.
She lives here in Western Maine with her husband, and four dogs: Remington, a Golden Retriever and Service Dog in Training; Finnick, another Golden Retriever; Georgia, a young border collie mix and Kayli, an elderly corgi.
Destinoi Hurston
CHILLOSOPHY teacher
Destinee began her practice taking Yoga-101 in college in 2011 and what she assumed was just another elective to fulfill, turned into a lifelong love and passion. After moving to Maine in 2018 she traveled to Rishikesh, India - the birth place of yoga - to receive her teaching certification and deepen her own practice. The physical aspect of yoga is what brought her to the mat but the mental and spiritual benefits are what keep her there.
Vinyasa is her passion and in her classes you can expect to use pranayama and asana in unison to create a harmonious and continuous flow. She offers a creative and adaptable approach, inclusive to all levels, allowing practitioners to explore various sequences while fostering a deeper connection between breath, body, and mind. Her aim is to help students build strength, flexibility, balance, and mindfulness through meditative movement that can be implemented on and off the mat.
Off the mat you can find her skiing at Sunday River, paddling in the local lakes and rivers, or enjoying her time with her partner, her family, and her two dogs.
Catalina Sposato
CHILLOSOPHY teacher
Catalina fell in love with yoga during a period of transition in her life and found the practice created a form of beautiful stability for her. She finds joy in motivating students to challenge themselves physically while encouraging them to be mentally present. One of her favorite things about the practice of yoga is that it’s ever-evolving - there is no such thing as “perfect” but continued practice evokes constant growth. Her goal is for students to leave her class feeling restored with an enhanced feeling of connection to self. She completed her yoga teacher training at the Portland Yoga Project and enjoys focusing on safe practices that are geared towards building self-confidence and mindfulness.
Amy Lilly
CHILLOSOPHY teacher
Amy is passionate about education, wellness, and building a meaningful community. She believes yoga offers a space to slow down, reconnect, and find greater balance both on and off the mat. An outdoor enthusiast, Amy finds inspiration and renewal in Maine’s forests, mountains, and changing seasons.
Her teaching reflects the Kripalu tradition, emphasizing self-study, compassionate awareness, and sustainable well-being. She invites students to listen inward, honor their bodies, and cultivate presence, connection, and care for themselves and others.
Amy began her yoga training at Kripalu in 2011 and is grateful to continue growing in her practice while sharing it with this community.
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Lacey Delano
CHILLOSOPHY teacher
Lacey is a new teacher who is excited to share what she learned at her training at La Casa Shambala in Spain where she earned her 200 hour certificate in Hatha and Vinyasa. Although she has been practicing yoga for many years she really leaned into it after becoming sober in 2023 where she found having a dedicated practice helped her commit to a new lifestyle. Now that she has her certification she is eager to give back to a community who has helped her so much along the way. Outside of the studio Lacey has a love for hiking, traveling, running, cooking, reading and spending time with her friends and her cat.
Mary Kate Jamison
CHILLOSOPHY founder & drop- in teacher
Mary Kate is a multi-passionate educator and perpetual student. She read her first book on the great philosophers when she was 12, and she has been adventuring for answers ever since. MK has been practicing yoga for 20 years, but really committed her energy and passion to yoga when she began her teacher training in 2019. Since graduating from the 200hr program at Tula Institute of Yoga, she has gone on to receive special teacher certifications in Meditation & Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, and Yin Yoga. She is currently attending Soul of Yoga's Yoga Therapy training program to become a Yoga Therapist. As the Founder of CHILLOSOPHY, she cares greatly about sharing the gifts that finding the right yoga practice can bring to any student in all aspects of their life. She has found so much more joy, courage, and depth of connection to self and spirit through these practices. She would love to guide you in (re)discovering your voice, your depth, your body, your SELF through yoga, meditation, and philosophy.
MK is also a trained scuba instructor, technical diver, whitewater guide, and heartfelt environmental advocate. When out of the studio you'll find her exploring outside with her husband Chris, their two amazing kids Jack & Brody (proud bonus mom!), and pupper Billie.
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